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In 2014, the Davis-Stirling Act was moved to a different section of the Civil Code and reorganized and renumbered. If any of your annual disclosure forms were prepared in 2013 or earlier and if they include Civil Code cites, those cites are outdated and you should update your forms. Also, starting in 2014, while the disclosures have not changed, they must now be sent with an "Annual Policy Statement." The updated disclosure forms and the Annual Policy Statement form can be downloaded from www.jhmlawoffice.com, or you can email a request to jmcdonald@jhmlawoffice.com.
Several statutory revisions and one recent case could affect your HOA's procedures and policies. Here is a brief summary of the new requirements or changes. Unless otherwise stated, the revisions or additions to statute will all take effect on January 1, 2015.
In Huntington Continental v. Miner, a California appellate court recently ruled that homeowners associations must accept partial payments from delinquent owners, including payments made after a lien is recorded, after a payment plan has fallen through, after a nonjudicial foreclosure is commenced, and during a judicial foreclosure, as well as partial payments that would reduce the delinquency to under $1,800, stopping a foreclosure.
Civil Code Section 5100 was amended to simplify elections for some stock co-ops. If their governing documents provide that one owner from each separate interest is on the Board of Directors, the stock co¬op is exempt from the requirement of holding director elections by secret mail-in ballot. Again, this only applies to stock co-ops; condominiums, planned developments and own-your-owns are not mentioned.
Civil Code Section 4775 was amended to clarify that owners must repair and replace their separate interest and that HOAs repair and replace exclusive use common area. This revision, which clarifies existing law, does not take effect until 2017. This will give associations time to adjust their procedures if necessary.
AB 1738 - Attorneys Can Attend "Meet And Confers"
Civil Code Sections 5910 and 5915, the IDR (meet and confer) process, were amended so that either party can bring their attorney or other representative to a meet and confer." The revisions also clarify that if the meet and conferresults in an agreement, it must be put in writing and signed.
Two changes were made to Civil Code Section 4735, which bars HOAs from prohibiting the use of low waterusing plants. HOAs are also barred from prohibiting these plants' use as a replacement for turf. Also, HOAS are barred from fining owners for not watering their plants or lawns during a drought state of emergency, as declared by state or local government.
Civil Code Section 714 requires HOAs to allow owners to install solar energy panels as long as the installation would not increase the cost by more than 2,000 or decrease its efficiency by more than 20%. An amendment to that statute changes that to a cost increase of more than 1,000 or a 10% reduction in efficiency. Also, certain solar energy systems and solar collectors must now be certified.
Several changes were made to Civil Code Section 4528, which contains the requirements for providing documents for owners who are selling their units. The cost for providing those documents must be billed separately from other charges. The HOA can charge the seller for its actual costs (such as the management companys fee). The seller is responsible for paying those costs, and for providing certain documents to the buyer free of charge. Also, sellers are now prohibited from bundling the documents required to be provided under Civil Code Sections 4525 and 4528 with other documents.
New Civil Code Section 4750, effective January 2015, bans HOAs from prohibiting or unreasonably" restricting owners from planting edible plant crops" for personal use in their backyard. (This only applies to yards for which the owner has exclusive use). A restriction is reasonable" if it does not significantly increase the owners cost or reduce the gardens efficiency.
This bill added Civil Code Sections 1947.6 and 1952.7 to statute. Starting with any leases signed after July 1, 2015, landlords must agree to allow their tenants to install electric vehicle charging stations in their parking spaces. The new statutes contain details such as insurance, cost of installation, etc., and it also has some exceptions, such as residential rental properties with less than five parking spaces. It is not clear how these new requirements interact with tenant requests in a CID.


Kozmo failed as a business. In fact, it's one of the iconic failures of the dot-com era. So why feature a vintage Kozmo branded bag on a promotional products blog? Because the promotional products they used didn't fail. Promotional products can't make a bad business model work, but they can raise a tremendous amount of brand awareness despite the fact that their business model doesn't work. If they didn't, Kozmo wouldn't be featured in the wikipedia entry for dot-com and sites like Ghost Sites wouldn't do features about unearthing "amazing Kozmo artifacts." And people wouldn't have bought Kozmo messenger bags for hundreds of dollars on ebay. While promotional products are sometimes associated with the dot-coms and their failure, I think a lot of people don't realize that they were one of the few things the dot-coms did right, right?


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Abraham Beerstraaten (ur. 1644 w Amsterdamie, zm. ok. 1679 tamże) – holenderski malarz i rysownik.

Był synem Jan Abrahamsza. W stylu i w wyborze tematów naśladował swojego ojca. Do najbardziej znanych należą Widok starego ratusza w Kampen (1665), Noorderkerk w Amsterdamie zimą (Amsterdams Historisch Museum).

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The problem runs mostly because most women stay less educated. AS per census, there were only females per males in India.
However, if one ponders hard the reasons that come up seem obsolete given that we live in the 21st century. Home was the women's sphere of activity. Some of them include: They struggle for their rights themselves: Long and Short Essay on Issues and Problems faced by Women in India in English Students can select any essay on Issues and Problems faced by Women in India or only Issues and Problems faced by Women in India paragraph given below to get success during essay writing competition in their schools.
All female specific diseases… can bedivided into three big groups: She has to fulfill her duties at home even after office homes. The general idea is to keep the woman less aware of her legal position in society so that it is easy for men and elders to coerce them into submission. They think it is a deadly sin to educate women.
They have to prove their devotion, seriousness and sincerity towards work time to time. People in the middle age were considering women as key to destruction so they never allowed women to go outside and participate in the social activities like men.
They become more prone to the exploitation and harassment in the work areas. Causes, Reasons behind Problems Faced By Women That women face hurdles in almost every stage of their life is a known thing. Early marriage of the girls by heir parents in order to be escaped from dowry.
It was only after the Second World War, that women were being recognized to be equal to men by the means of access to the property, voting rights and equal right to work. Anemia is a leading cause of neo natal death in women.
She can't desist from her role as a mother and as a wife. Women education percentage is low in India especially in the rural areas because they are discouraged for higher education like professional and technical education. They have to suffer a lot in their daily life to nourish their career as well as saving their family relationships.
Some of the problems are mentioned and described below: Throughout history women have taken the role of housewife, mother, and nurturer. Women in India do not have equal access to autonomy, mobility to outside the home, social freedom, etc than men. Problems related to unemployment: However, a lot of positive changes has occurred in the women status as the number of educated people is increasing in the country.Open Document.
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Q: How to add some contents in pom.xml for "mvn install"? I have multiple java projects with me. I have one document to Build the source code using Maven. I am following it and trying to build the project.
1) Initially in the document it is given that you have to do "mvn install" or
"mvn -Dmaven.test.skip=true install" at the root directory of your project.
2) Then given that if above steps generate error then you have add some lines to pom.xml file.
Lines are:
add the following entry as the last entry in the list (you will find an entry with id openxds so this new entry should follow that one):
 <repository>
    <id>sysnetint</id>
    <url>http://sysnetintrepo.com/repository</url>
 </repository>

You will also need to add this repository to the plugin repositories section:
 <pluginRepositories>
    <repository>
       <id>sysnetint</id>
       <url>http://sysnetintrepo.com/repository</url>
    </repository>
 </pluginRepositories>

The build should be successful at this point and you should have all the targets ready for deployment.
I add the first lines in the respective node but I am not getting where to add the second lines in pom.xml
Because in my pom.xml there is already  node and if I enter to add this again inside it, then maven is giving error something related to tag.
I want to ask that how to add the above lines in pom.xml?
Sorry for asking stupid question on this as I don't know about the maven and pom.xml files.
Thanks
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Under pluginRepositories node the child nodes are as:
<pluginRepositories>
              <pluginRepository>
                      .....
              </pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>

If I enter repository node under pluginRepositories, I am getting certain errors related to that tag only

A: <pluginRepository> is a subTag of <pluginRepositories> and <repository> is a subTag of <repositories>. So don't add <repository> under <pluginRepository>.
Instead put the content of the <repository> tag (without the tag itself) in<pluginRepository>
Take a look at this page there is examples.
Edit : it should be something like that :
        <repositories>
              <repository>
                 <id>sysnetint</id>
                 <url>http://sysnetintrepo.com/repository</url>
              </repository>
        </repositories>
        <pluginRepositories>
              <pluginRepository>
                 <id>sysnetint</id>
                 <url>http://sysnetintrepo.com/repository</url>
              </pluginRepository>
        </pluginRepositories>

A: honestly, you'll have to start with Maven basics. go to http://maven.apache.org/guides/ and start reading there.
what you are now trying to do is to jump right in the middle of the complex thing the Maven is, and apparently by using some custom tutorial.
regarding the specific question you asked:
"pluginRepositories" tag goes directly under the root node ("project").
you can check the entire POM structure at http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-pom.html#Super_POM

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@implementation SamuraiCSSParser

@def_singleton( SamuraiCSSParser )

- (id)init
{
	self = [super init];
	if ( self )
	{
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	return self;
}

- (void)dealloc
{
}

#pragma mark -

- (KatanaOutput *)parseStylesheet:(NSString *)text
{
    return katana_parse(text.UTF8String, text.length, KatanaParserModeStylesheet);
}

- (KatanaOutput *)parseMedia:(NSString *)text
{
    return katana_parse(text.UTF8String, text.length, KatanaParserModeMediaList);
}

- (KatanaOutput *)parseValue:(NSString *)text
{
    return katana_parse(text.UTF8String, text.length, KatanaParserModeValue);
}

- (KatanaOutput *)parseSelector:(NSString *)text
{
    return katana_parse(text.UTF8String, text.length, KatanaParserModeSelector);
}

- (KatanaOutput *)parseDeclaration:(NSString *)text
{
	return katana_parse(text.UTF8String, text.length, KatanaParserModeDeclarationList);
}

@end

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// Unit test
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#pragma mark -

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TEST_CASE( WebCore, CSSParser )

DESCRIBE( before )
{
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DESCRIBE( after )
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TEST_CASE_END

#endif	// #if __SAMURAI_TESTING__

#endif	// #if (TARGET_OS_IPHONE || TARGET_IPHONE_SIMULATOR)

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Painter of history, mythological compositions, genre paintings, portraits.
Entered at the School of Beauxl Arts of Paris in 1828, he was trained by Pierre Guérin and Antoine Gros.
He exhibited to the Fair of Paris from 1827 to 1864.
He carried out paintings of history, scenes of genre and portraits. It is this last discipline which was worth the most orders to him.


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Een termietenheuvel is de woonplaats van een kolonie termieten. Deze heuvels kunnen grote afmetingen bereiken: in Australië zijn er termietenheuvels van 10 meter hoog aangetroffen.

Een Ethiopische geoloog heeft in 2004 aanwijzingen gepubliceerd dat er een correlatie bestaat tussen de samenstelling van termietenheuvels en die van de bodem. Op die manier zouden termietenheuvels kunnen helpen bij het zoeken naar onder andere goud, koper en mangaan.

Bouw
De termietenheuvel bestaat uit aarde (vaak modder) en droog gras als bindmiddel. Binnenin bevindt zich een doolhof van gangen en kamers. Meestal bouwen termieten rond een omgevallen boom of een boomstronk en worden deze heuvels niet hoger dan 2 à 3 meter. Andere heuvels worden rond een rots gebouwd en kunnen hoger zijn.

Een termietenheuvel kan zowel onder als boven de grond gebouwd zijn, soms zelfs allebei. De voornaamste delen zijn:
 De ingang
 De broedkamers met eieren
 De kamers van de soldaten en werksters
 De kamer van de koningin
 Verluchtingsgangen voor luchttoevoer en circulatiestroming
 De ruimtes waar de schimmels verzorgd worden

Vorm en temperatuurbepaling
De vorm kan kegelvormig, koepelvormig of onregelmatig zijn. De hopen hebben soms typische en uitgesproken vormen, zoals die van de kompastermiet (Amitermes meridionalis), die lange wigvormige hopen met een noord-zuid-georiënteerde as bouwen. Experimenteel is aangetoond dat deze richting een efficiëntere warmteregeling in de hand werkt. De kolom van hete lucht die in de bovengenoemde grondhopen toeneemt, drijft luchtcirculatiestromen binnen in het ondergrondse netwerk. De structuur van deze hopen kan vrij complex zijn.

De temperatuurcontrole is essentieel voor die soorten die schimmeltuinen cultiveren en maar ook voor het verzorgen van de jonge insecten. De temperatuur in een termietenheuvel schommelt rond de 35°C.

In sommige delen van de Afrikaanse savanne overheersen bovengrondse termietenheuvels het landschap. In sommige delen van de Busangavlakte, in het noordoosten van de Zambiaanse Kafuevlakte, domineren kleine hopen van ongeveer 1 meter diameter met een dichtheid van ongeveer 100 heuvels per hectare het terrein. Per hectare is er ook één reuzentermietenheuvel met een diameter van ongeveer 25 meter. Gedurende het lokale regenseizoen zijn deze heuvels op satellietbeelden van hoge resolutie zichtbaar.

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Sage Therapeutics surges on postpartum depression drug study
A drug to treat severe postpartum depression showed positive results in a mid-stage study, sending shares developer Sage Therapeutics skyrocketing Tuesday.
There are no approved drugs that specifically treat a type of depression that, according to the American Psychological Association, afflicts up to one in seven women who give birth.
The Sage drug was given to 10 patients and 11 others received a placebo. The company says that 60 hours after treatment, the women who took its drug had a significant reduction in their scores on a survey that is used to measure levels of depression. The patients who got the drug also had lower reading at the end of the 30-day study.
All of the patients in the study had had a child less than six months earlier, and they had suffered at least one episode of major depression late in pregnancy or within a month of giving birth.
Postpartum depression includes feelings of extreme sadness, anxiety and exhaustion that can make it hard for new mothers to care for themselves or others, according to The National Institutes of Mental Health
Seven of the 10 patients who got the drug from Sage were in remission from their depression at 60 hours, according to the company. That compares with only one of the 11 placebo patients.
Sage Therapeutics doesn't have any drugs on the market. The drug in its most recent study is called SAGE-547, and Sage is conducting late-stage tests of the same drug as a treatment for a rare seizure disorder. It's further away from approval as a treatment for postpartum depression. SAGE-547 is given intravenously and the Cambridge, Massachusetts, company said Tuesday that it will speed up work on an oral version of the drug.
Shares of Sage Therapeutics jumped almost 40 percent, or $12.87, to $46.42 in early trading.
© 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Study quashes controversial vitamin C treatment for sepsis with global trial
Postpartum depression least severe form of depression in mothers
Postpartum depression: what you need to know
Antidepressant does not reduce hospitalization, death for HF patients with depression
FDA approves new drug for schizophrenia, major depression
Drug used for pain, anxiety may be linked to birth defects
Oxytocin level in pregnancy predicts postpartum depression severity


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Q: Majorizing inequality on spectral norm of product of a random and a deterministic low-rank projection Let $P$ be a rank $k$ uniformly randomly oriented projection matrix in ${\mathbb R}^d$ -- this is constructed as $R^T(RR^T)^{-1}R$ where $R$ is a $k\times d, k<d$ random matrix with i.i.d. 0-mean Gaussian entries with variance 1/d. Further, let T be a rank $r$ fixed deterministic projection matrix in ${\mathbb R}^d$, where $r\in\{1,...,d\}$.
Are the following true? (where $\lambda_{\max}(\cdot)$ denotes largest singular value)

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*$Pr\{\lambda_{\max}(TP)> t\}\le Pr\{\lambda_{\max}(TR^TR)> t\}$

*$Pr\{\text{Trace}(TP)>t\}\le Pr\{\text{Trace}(TR^TR)> t\}$


The photography for our wedding was one of the most important things for me. I wanted beautiful, professional, but still natural photos from this incredible day! I wanted someone that was efficient and organized while still being comfortable and enjoyable to see for 8 plus hours in one day! I found ALL of this (and more!) in Emily.
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Emily is more than willing to travel for your event so we did my Bridal Portraits in Dallas, Tx and the wedding in College Station, Tx. She was prompt and ready to go for both days and helped with primping, soothing, and encouraging. She finished my bridals in a matter of DAYS and I am floored with how beautiful they are.
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Emily is very laid back and welcoming. She made both of us feel very comfortable but also helped us enjoy the sessions. She kept my husband and the wedding party laughing and smiling throughout the whole wedding- she is awesome. To add, she does really awesome work and all of the pictures came out beautifully! I am very happy with our decision to work with her- would DEFINITELY recommend!
Working with Emily was great! She's got a great attitude and was able to everyone on time. I have no complaints.
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We absolutely love our wedding photos! Emily was easy to work with, professional and went above and beyond. She was very organized and managed a tight schedule with ease. I'd highly recommend Dreamy Elk Photography!
We love our photos. The lighting was great! Emily was easy to work with and very personable. She understood exactly what we were looking for. I'd recommend her!
Working with Emily was wonderful! She walked me through every step of the photography process and I never once felt stressed, overwhelmed, or confused by her approach. She was so communicative and professional; our venue got flooded the day of, and we had to scramble to find another venue on the other side of the city; Emily's work was seamless, and she was right on board with all of our wacky last-minute changes. Not to mention, the photos were marvelous and captured our day so perfectly. Every person who we shared our photos with was just as impressed as we were. I would sincerely recommend Dreamy Elk Photography.
Emily was wonderful to work with. We had do unexpectedly move our venue 5 days before the wedding and she was so sweet and understanding- she said to let her know if we needed anything (and she meant it)! Emily and her assistant worked with us on the wedding day to take outdoor photos while it was sprinkling. The photos were absolutely beautiful (lighting and quality), it is going to be hard to narrow down our favorites.
Emily is an amazing photographer! We have already done three photo shoots with her and are just SO impressed with how well they all turned out! Also, she was always welcome to fresh ideas and different poses. The time spent with her was a lot of fun filled with laughter and silliness. She is such a wonderful person inside and out! We are happy to have her as our photographer! We love you Emily and thank you for all of your hard work!
I would highly recommend Emily for a wedding photographer. She was very easy to work with during the planning process, and she helped the wedding day itself run smoothly too. We absolutely love our wedding photos and were so happy with how they turned out.
As someone who would run away from cameras in her younger days (literally), I definitely needed a photographer who was patient and able to tell my clueless self what to do in photos. Emily's personality balances friendly and authoritative perfectly: she puts you at ease and doesn't ever make you feel silly or dumb for having no natural flair for posing, BUT she does, in fact, direct you and help to adjust your pose to make sure the shot turns out right. Folks, this sounds simple, but it's incredible how many photographers just stand there, give you no directions on how to arrange your limbs, and snap pictures hoping for the best. Then, after the fact, you're thinking, "Wait, why did s/he not tell me there was a stray hair in my face or that my hand looked weird?" Thank goodness this does NOT happen with Emily! She has a keen eye for detail in composition and does everything in her power to make sure nothing is out of place.
She was also extremely flexible when the weather got in the way of our plans for both the engagement and bridal shoots. The first shoot had to be moved indoors, and the second had to be rescheduled with one day's notice. Having Emily right there with us—fully committed to making things work—helped to make a stressful situation far more manageable.
As for the wedding day itself, Emily was incredibly organized. She captured all the key moments with just herself (no second shooter) and was unobtrusive during the ceremony but assertive outside of that as needed.
We could not be happier with our wedding day photos and had so much fun on the other shoots as well. We really liked that the bundle we picked came with photos on disc, physical prints, and the wedding photo album, which she did a STUNNING job on. She took beautiful photos, edited them to perfection, and was an all-around joy and godsend to work with. I highly recommend her to anyone looking for a professional wedding photographer at a great value; we love her!
The first time my now-wife and I met Emily, we knew she was the right photographer for us, and every interaction we've had with her since has further confirmed that. We were initially drawn to Emily by the strength of her portfolio and how well her pricing fit our budget, but she has really exceeded our expectations on every level—particularly in her organizational skills, general sense of competence, and the ease with which she works with people.
She enjoys getting to know every couple she works with, and when we discovered a shared affinity for American Idol, Pentatonix, and Zilker Botanical Gardens (where I proposed to my wife!), we knew that beyond all of her technical skills, she was a great choice based on personality.
Emily was a complete professional on our wedding day, and her photos did not disappoint. We sing her praises to everyone who asks and are so glad that we invested in her services; the quality of her work and the entire experience is incomparable. The more we talk to other couples about their photographers, the more grateful we become for Emily; we could not imagine anyone else handling our wedding day with more poise than she did. Thanks, Emily!
Hiring a great photographer was a high priority while planning our wedding. It was an easy decision as I had always admired Emily's work. Essentially, I always knew who was going to photograph my wedding, I just needed to find the right groom... In which I did!
Emily is not only an incredibly talented photographer, but an extreme professional as well. My husband and I had a destination/cruise wedding. This requires not only great organization skills, but also great flexibility. Emily surpassed our expectations in every way possible. Our memories were in great hands with Emily in charge of capturing all of our special moments. As is evident while looking at her website, Emily posses great talent and passion for her art. In conjunction to this, she also helped make the entire process as smooth as possible, relieved any of my stresses, was well organized, and was able to "go with the flow" (which is a huge plus when you have a 87 people on a cruise ship).
I would highly recommend Emily to anyone wanting high quality photos and great service. You will be glad you did!
Emily was the perfect photographer for us! She not only ensured the memories made during our destination/cruise wedding were captured, but was also very professional and responsive to all needs and questions. I would highly recommend Emily to anyone looking for a great photographer. These are images my wife, our families, and I will cherish forever.


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Key to Liberian Development? Servant Leaders.
By Young African Leaders Initiative
Abel at his YALILearns session in July 2019
Growing up in Palala, a town in Liberia, Abel Varney noticed a great disparity among his peers and felt insecure about the high cost of his schooling.
"Imagine a single child, one of eight, struggling to study," Abel says. "What will his future look like? As the one educated child in my family, I had to be strong, strong enough to face the realities of life."
"For me, a perfect day growing up was when we had enough food on the table for everyone," Abel says. "And I would be the one to eat the leftovers."
Participants at Abel's YALILearns session in July 2019
It wasn't until protests erupted in June that Abel saw an opportunity to advocate for a more egalitarian state.
"Liberian youth were engaging in peaceful protests in Monrovia," Abel says, describing the demonstrations over long-standing corruption and economic mismanagement. "But I wanted to show the youth that protests might not solve our problem as a country.
"Rather, we can find other means to develop Liberia, among them peer education."
Shortly thereafter, Abel took his idea a step further and organized a session on the YALI Network Online Course "Servant Leadership".
His session, which brought together 24 students and other young leaders, focused squarely on leading with integrity and what each participant can do to inspire change in his or her community.
Abel's advice to others looking to plan a YALILearns session: Plan early.
"I found that planning early leads to a better presentation, to a better connection with participants, and to a better quality session overall," Abel says.
"You never know who's attending your session," he adds. "A participant might want to lead his or her own session and it's up to you to inspire them."
For Abel, it's that focus on others and on their unique needs that, he feels, sets YALILearns sessions apart.
"Networking is the key to success," Abel says. "And that starts with investing in people, really listening to what they have to say, and taking responsibility for your actions, every day."
Asked how he would like to be remembered, Abel replied simply that he would like to be seen as someone who helped his peers along and paved the way to a better, brighter tomorrow.
"If I can help those around me, I will always be remembered."
Interested in sharing your passion and expertise with others? Find out how you can plan your own session on our YALILearns page.
Liberia, YALILearns
Community Growth, Community Service


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